Kano Man To Die By Hanging For Murder

A Kano High Court has sentenced one Abdulaziz Umar to death by hanging for stabbing one Mubarak Salisu to death.

Umar, who lives in Fagge Quarters, Kano, was convicted yesterday on a two-count charge of armed robbery and culpable homicide.

Delivering judgment, Justice Zuwaira Yusuf, held that the prosecution had proven its case beyond reasonable doubt.

“I hereby sentence the convict to life imprisonment for robbery and to death by hanging for culpable homicide until he is certified dead,” she said

Earlier, the prosecution counsel, Aisha Salisu, told the court that the convict committed the offence on October 1, 2020, at Race Course, Badawa Layout in Kano.

She said that on the same date, Umar caused the death of Salisu by stabbing him in the stomach and hand with a sharp knife after attacking him during Independence Day celebrations and collecting his Samsung phone.

The prosecution presented five witnesses and tendered exhibits to prove their case against the defendant.

The convict, however, denied committing the offence. According to the prosecutor, the offence contravened the provisions of Sections 298 and 221 of the Penal Code.

The defence counsel, Mr Ya’u Abdullahi, presented the convict to testify in his own defence.(NAN)